PRIMATE and HUMAN ORIGINS LAB EXERCISE:

GOAL: The goal of this lab is to track and gain an appreciation for the major anatomical changes that occurred in the evolution of the fossil primate skull leading up to the modern human condition.

STRATEGY: Carefully examine the Primate skull 3-D pictures, provided at this site (Note: you may need to download the "shockwave" plug-in to view the pictures). As you examine the sequence of skulls, try to make a list of the features you observe changing through time. For example... teeth, length of the snout, shape of the skull, position of the eyes, size of the cranium... etc. Plce your analysis into your lab summary form.